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PROPERTY   OF  THE   CHESTER   MINING   CO. 

IHttame*  Jirom  the  Mine  to  Arthabaika  Station,  on  the  Grand  7Vt«AAr 
Raihoay,  anen  and  a  Jutlf  milea. 


Xr39  NYU 


REPORT 


ON   THE   PROPERTY   OF   THE 


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CHESTER  MINING  COMPANY, 


LOCATED    IN    CHESTER   TOWNSHIP, 


CANADA    EAST, 


SEVEN    AND   A   HALF    MILES    FROM    THE 


G  B,  A  N  1}      T^UNK     RAILWAY 


BOSTON: 

PRINTED   BY   ALFRED   MUDGE   &   SON,  34  SCHOOL    STREET. 
♦  18  64.' 


CHESTER    MINING-    COMPANY, 

ORGANIZEn    DNDEIl  TriE    REVrSED   STATUTES  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

CluiJituI  ^Utk  (Lwo  ^UiwAxttl  (ThoujsiUttrt  HoUuv.^'. 


O  in  F I  c  K  K  S  . 

PRESIDENT. 

E .     G .     LUCAS. 

TREASURER  AND  CLERK. 

ALBERT    CASE. 

niRECTORS. 

E.  G.  LUCAS,  F.  W.  PELTOX, 

A.  C.  FELTON,  ABNER  FRENCH, 

JULIUS  PELTON. 


OFFICE,  NO.   7,  PHfflNIX  BUILDING,  BOSTON. 


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Boston,  Jan.  8,   1864. 
To  the  Stockholders  of  the  Chester  Mining  Company : 
Gentlemkn  : 

It  is  due  to  tlio.sc  interested  in  the  Ciiester  Mine,  to 
say  tliat  the  officers  of  the  Company  hav«l  perfect  confi- 
dence in  the  actual  richness  and  consequent  vkliie  of  the 
mine,  and  it  is  their  intention  and  purpose  to  develop 
it  fully  and  make  it  an  actual  dividend-paying  stock. 

Located  as  it  is,  within  seven  and  a  half  miles  of  the 
Arthabaska  station  on  the  Grrand  Trunk  Railway,  with 
which  it  connects  by  good  roads,  the  facilities  for  reach- 
ing market  with  the  ore  are  un-  equalled  by  most  of 
the  mines  in  that  region. 

They  have  fixed  the  capital  at  $200,000,  which  is 
moderate  compared  with  other  Canada  companies.  A 
large  portion  of  the  stock  is  held  by  the  Company  itself, 
and  by  parties  in  Canada;  and  it  is  hoped  and  expected 
that  the  stockholders  in  Boston,  as  well  as  in  New 
York,  will  feel  such  strong  confidence  in  the  real  value 
of  the  mine,  that  they  will  prefer  to  hold  their  stock 
for  dividends,  and  not  regard  it  as  a  mere  stock  specu- 
lation. 

Respectfully, 

ALBERT   CASE, 

Treasurer. 
No.  7.  Phcenix  Building,  Boston. 


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R  E 1^  O  R  T 


ON    THE 


CHESTER  COPPER  MINE. 


53  St.  Francois  Xatier  Street,  I 
Montreal,  14th  Jan.   1864.      ) 

Gentlemen  : 

I  have  visited  the  copper  mining  location  in  Chester, 
C.  E.,  in  which  you  are  interested,  being  part  of  the 
19th  lot  in  the  10th  range  of  that  Township,  and  con- 
taining 120  acres.  I  have,  on  a  previous  occasion, 
forwarded  to  yon  a  map,  showing  the  position  c  '  ihe 
lot,  etc.,  and  now  beg  to  submit  the  following  bnef 
report,  drawn  up  from  a  very  cursory  examination  of 
the  property  in  the  month  of  October  last. 

The  underlying  rock  of  the  country  is  chloritic  slate, 
interstratified  with  dolomitic  limestone,  and  belonging 
to  what  has  been  styled  by  Sir  William  Logan,  tiic 
Quebec  group  of  the  Lower  Silurian  Systom,  and  which. 


ill  this,  as  in  most  other  parts  of  the  world,  constitutes 
the  grout  coppur-beuring  Ibi-niatiou.  Tiiis  mining  loca- 
tion lies  on  tlie  line  of  a  great  band  or  belt  of  cuprifer- 
ous rock,  exteiiding  in  a  northeasterly  direction  from 
the  province  line  in  rfutton  to  the  Chaudiere  River,  and 
embracing  nearly  all  the  most  important  and  promising 
copper  mines  in  Lower  Canada.  In  this  and  tiie  adjoin- 
ing townships  of  Halifax,  Inverness,  and  Leeds,  in 
particular,  the  rocks  have  been  proved  to  be  highly 
productive  of  copper  and  other  valuable  ores. 

On  this  lot  the  copper  ore,  consisting  chiefly  of  the 
yellow  sulphuret  (which  is  well  known  to  be  the  most 
persistent),  occurs  in  a  thick  vein  of  quartz,  associated 
with  chlorite,  calc-spar,  bitter-spar,  embedded  in  the 
slates,  and  running  N.  40°  E.  with  a  dip  to  the  N.  W. 
at  an  angle  of  about  45°.  The  direction  of  the  length 
of  the  lot  corresponds  with  that  of  the  vein,  wliich  will 
thus  extend  a  distance  of  200  rods  on  the  property. 
The  course  of  the  vein  also  coincides  with  that  of  a 
stream  running  lengthways  through  the  lot;  and,  iu 
fact,  there  seems  reason  to  believe  that  this  stream  runs 
on  the  line  of  a  fault  or  slide  in  the  stratification 
which  is  undoubtedly  a  highly  favorable  feature  in  the 
prospects  of  this  mining  location,  as  indicating  a  proba- 
ble concentration*of  metallic  ores  along  such  line  of 


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two  miles  alonu;  this  stream  and  cvcrywiiere  presents 
the  same  favorable  iiulicationH  for  mining. 

This  vein  of  copper-bearinu;  quartz  has  l)een  exposed 
by  blastiuji;  on  this  property  at  two  points,  the  first 
about  fifty  rods  from  the  northeast  end  of  the  lot,  and 
the  other  close  to  the  road  bounding  the  southwest 
end,  and  in  both  cases  close  to  the  bed  of  the  creek ; 
there  can  bo  little  doubt  that  the  vein  is  continuous 
between  these  two  points.  At  the  former  opening  it  is 
about  two  feet  t]ii(;k,  and  yielded  many  rich  specimens 
of  yellow  copper  ore,  and  also  considerable  bunches  of 
galena  or  lead  ore.  At  the  other  the  vein  is  very 
much  tliicker  —  probably  not  less  than  five  or  six  feet ; 
although,  with  the  limited  amount  of  work  done,  it  is 
impossible  to  state  what  proportion  of  ore  it  may  yield. 
In  addition  to  the  yellow  ore  in  the  quartz,  rich  vitreous 
sulphurets  are  found  in  the  adjoining  slate  rock,  and 
much  green  carbonate  and  many  loose  stones  of  ore  on 
the  surface. 

I  have  carefully  examined  many  similar  localities  in 
the  Eastern  Townships  of  Canada,  and  have  no  doubt 
that  this  will  form  no  exception  to  the  general  rule, 
namely,  that  the  ore  lies  in  belts  of  the  cupriferous 
slate,  where  it  has  been   fissured,  and  the  openings 


Bubscqnently  lillod  with  siliecoiis  and  eulcaroous  matter, 
and  with  metallic  ores.  I  liiid,  uoncrally,  Ibiir  sots  of 
these  coppcr-bearinf^  bauds  or  belts  of  slate  within  a 
short  distance  of  and  i)arallel  to  each  other;  and  I 
entertain  no  doubt  that  this  property  will  bo  traversed 
by  others  Ijesides  that  discovered,  and  above  described. 

I  regard  the  indications  on  this  property,  and  tho 
work  done  so  far,  as  highly  encouraging,  and  amply 
sudiciont  to  justify  further  exploration  upon  an  exten- 
sive scale. 

The  property  is  favoraWy  situated  as  regards  drain- 
age, and  the  creek  referred  to  affords  an  ample  supply 
of  water  at  all  seasons  for  washing  ores  and  of  power 
for  crusliiug,  etc. 

The  lot  is  distant  about  seven  miles  and  a  half  from 
a  station  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  with  good  roads ; 
wages  of  labor  remarkably  low,  tho  French  habitans, 
who  have  a  remarkable  aptitude  for  mining  work,  being 
willing  to  work  at  a  very  low  rate  of  wages. 

I  have  the  honor  to  bo,  gentlemen, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

CHARLES   ROBB, 
Mining  Engineer. 


